What ever happened to pay-for-grades schemes in N.Y & Chicago?

[Hannah Bell]

2008 was the year of pay-for-grades. Remember? It was the hottest idea, heavily touted by the Ownership Society entrupreneurial crowd and headline news in the mass media. Joel Klein spent $40 million on his market worshiping scheme in N.Y. schools.

But a new study shows the program was a flop and is quietly being dropped.

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/03/31/new-study-shows-that-paying-students-for-higher-test-scores-doesnt-work/

Accountability? Never with these guys. Exxon-Mobile pushed the program in Arkansas, Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Virginia and Washington. While in Chicago, Arne Duncan hailed the plan as a "leveling of the playing field." It didn't and now, the plan that made national headlines in 2008, has dropped off the radar screen.

Oh, and BTW, it's 2010. Where did Renaissance 2010 go?

http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/


These liars are the folks you're turning your schools over to, folks. They'd sell their own grandmas for a profit.